01/26/2012

Islamic Bank of Asia builds its team

Appointments underscore bank's commitment to strengthen itsmerchant banking business and promote greatercapital flows between the Middle East and Asia

01/24/2012

NAB currency strategist resigns

The NAB foreign exchange team was recently bolstered by the arrival of Emma Lawson from Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong.

01/22/2012

SGX hires new head of compliance

Mr Seah joins SGX from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was Regional Head, Wholesale Bank Compliance in Singapore and South-East Asia, covering corporate banking products from lending and transaction banking to financial markets and corporate finance, an

01/18/2012

Hong Konger to be new CEO of OCBC‎

The change takes effect April 15, according to a statement to the Singapore exchange yesterday. Conner will remain as a non-executive board director. The bank also appointed Ching Wei Hong to the newly created position of chief operating officer.

01/18/2012

Nomura appoints global head of fixed income

Ashley will be based in London and both appointments are effective immediately, Shibata said in the letter. Keiko Sugai, Nomura’s Tokyo-based spokeswoman, declined to comment.

01/17/2012

HSBC plans to hire tens of thousands every year

HSBC has an employee attrition rate of 10% annually, and replacing those staff forms part of the new hiring, an HSBC spokesman said. HSBC currently employs 296,000 staff globally.

01/17/2012

New CEO for HSBC

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has appointed Andrew Tilke as the chief executive officer of HSBC Bangladesh